14/02/2022
Having released a pair of EPs (‘Last Little While’ and ‘You’) over the Covid period of 2020/21, alternative folk musician James Hunter has recently been looking to promote them with live performances. Creative, energetic, ...
17/11/2021
Six60 might continue to dominate the numbers game and Lorde still horde international media attention, but if there’s one Kiwi artist defining the local music landscape in the 2020’s it’s surely actor/musician Troy ...
18/10/2021
Made up of twins Charlotte and Haz Forrester, along with sister Georgette Brown, the popular Te-Whanganui-a-Tara trio Womb have this year released a new EP called ‘Holding A Flame’. The title, and the inspiration for ...
04/10/2021
August's public NZ Government apology for the 1970s police actions that came to be known as the Dawn Raids, and success of related TV drama series The Panthers, set the stage well for the latest single from award-winning ...
28/07/2021
Hailing from the creative student lab of Te Aro in Wellington, HUMMUCIDE describe themselves as a four-piece minimalist rock-jazz group, citing influences ranging from BadBadNotGood to Aphex Twin, to Yussef Kamaal and further. ...
26/06/2013
In this issue, we are going to try a piece that, in a way, utilises what guitarists call the chord/melody technique. It's another solo bass piece but the method of playing you will need to develop may come in handy ...
24/04/2013
Nowadays, singing isn’t about what someone sounds like, it’s about what they look like when they sing. It’s about their back-story, presentation, attitude, personality and so many factors unrelated to song-craft and ...
26/01/2013
Over the last few issues we have looked at some simple scales and arpeggios, as well as some harmonics and a little elementary tapping. We will continue with these aspects of playing to build up some bass chops over the next ...